TEHRAN – The indicators of life quality, life expectancy, and achievements in different fields prove great growth among women in Iran since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Increasing rate of women’s literacy and life expectancy is one of the great achievement of the Islamic Revolution, said Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban in a televised broadcast Sunday, a move welcomed by Washington but yet to receive a reply from the militants themselves. The announcement followed a bloody week of fighting across Afghanistan which saw the Taliban launch a massive assault against the provincial capital Ghazni. […]

Today marks the 1953 coup d’état in Iran. 65 years have passed since that date. Among Iranians it is known as the 28 Mordad coup d’état. On the day, the streets of Tehran became the scene of violence and chaos by hooligans in support of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The violence was engineered by Britain and […]

TEHRAN – A senior member of the Majlis says that while the country is under sanctions and foreign pressure, internal unity is the most prominent remedy, believing that unity will “vaccinate” the country against sanctions and plots by ill-wishers. “I believe that now more than any other time we need unity and integrity,” Masoud Pezeshkian, […]

Es’hagh Jahangiri, Iranian First Vice-President said on Wednesday that US is after forcing Iran to surrender under pressures which makes negotiating with US unacceptable for Iran. “Negotiations with US is unacceptable at the current situation, as asserted by majority of elites in our country, considering the hostile and disrespectful policies of US towards the Islamic […]

TEHRAN – Dismissing the attempts of opposition parties to corner him ahead of general election next year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he would be re-elected with an even bigger majority in parliament in 2019. In an interview with the Times of India newspaper, Modi said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government […]

TEHRAN – The renowned Iranian vocalist Shahram Nazeri said on Sunday that he is eager to perform free concerts in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to boost the spirits of Iranians during the current adverse economic conditions confronting the country. “They (cultural authorities) give us Tehran’s Azadi Stadium so that we give free concerts for several nights […]

Iranian short ‘Forouzan’ directed by Mirabbas Khosravinejad has made it into the main competition section of 9th Corto e Fieno Rural Film Festival in Italy. Established in 2010 in Lake Orta, Corto e Fieno is a film festival dedicated to rural cinema. According to the festival’s website, the event “aims to examine the persistence of […]

TEHRAN – The 18th edition of the Hafez Awards, Iran’s first and only private awards in the film industry and TV productions, plans to honor veteran stage and cinema director Ali Rafiei with a lifetime achievement award, the organizers announced on Saturday. The ceremony will be held in Tehran on August 13. Critic and producer […]

 The Assembly of Experts, a top body tasked with electing leader of the Islamic Revolution has called on the three branches of the establishment to take practical steps in improving the people’s economic situation. In a Tuesday statement, Assembly of Experts says that the country is facing a full-fledged economic and psychological warfare with the […]